Akial Byers: DL · Missouri.
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Akial Byers
Wins the gap play after play. The five seasons at Missouri span two head coaches: Barry Odom and Eli Drinkwitz. On tape: 5 tackles against Boston College, Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-24vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-35@ Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-41@ Boston College | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 24-62vs Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-28@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-43@ No. 1 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-28vs South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-23vs Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-34@ No. 25 Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2021
W 31-28
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out South Carolina at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
9%2 hurries22 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
49.7%
453 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
76.0
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
482 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #343 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Missouri, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
